In the blink of an eye, it is the beginning of winter.

From this day on, Zhu Shencone got up early as usual and practiced his fists and feet, and after practicing and washing, he changed into a red woven golden bear uniform that he couldn't wear twice a year.

This set of clothes was found by Zhang's yesterday, and it was carefully ironed and hung up overnight.

The costume is very beautiful, the red weave and the embroidery of the golden bear are extremely heroic on Zhu Shencone. After putting it on, Zhang helped Zhu Shen tie his hair again, and then put on a three-beam crown, this crown belt is made of silver flowers, and the ribbon is carved with a plate, so dressed up, it looks completely different from the past.

When Zhu Shencone finished putting it on, he raised his sleeves and turned around in place, and Zhang was a little stupid watching from the side. I think that when I got married, my husband was also wearing this body, and in a blink of an eye, my husband had been dead for a long time, but Zhu Shencong, who was still young, was as tall as her husband back then, especially when she wore this body, it was as if her husband had come back to life from his memory.

"Sister-in-law, is there no problem behind this? Sister-in-law? Turning around, Zhu Shencone looked left and right, and asked Zhang casually.

asked, Zhang didn't answer, Zhu Shencone thought she didn't hear clearly, and asked again.

Now Zhang came back to her senses, she looked behind Zhu Shenjian, reached out and wiped the slightly wrinkled place on his back, and when she withdrew her hand, she quietly wiped the corners of her eyes and said with a smile: "Okay, it's really good for my uncle to wear this." ”

"Hehe, it's just a good thing, it's troublesome sister-in-law......." Zhu Shencone turned around and saluted Zhang, who avoided it slightly: "It's not too early at this time, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to go late, so uncle should go early." ”

"Then I'll go first, and I'll be back when I'm done." Zhu Shencone answered, said this to Zhang, and walked towards the door.

Looking at Zhu Shencheng's departing back, Zhang watched silently, and his eyes couldn't help but gradually moisten again.

Leaving home, Zhu Shencone walked into a car and walked towards the general's mansion.

The General's Mansion is not far from his home, and it will only take half an hour to walk there.

Along the way, Zhu Shencone met a few clans who also went to the General's Mansion, although everyone didn't deal with each other much on weekdays, but after all, they were all relatives, and today's day was different, so it was natural to greet each other, and then they went together.

Soon arrived at the General's Mansion, today's General's Mansion is much more lively than usual, after all, this is a big day for the clan to worship their ancestors.

The old housekeeper of the General's Mansion took people to greet him at the door, and after Zhu Shencone arrived, the old housekeeper hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and then introduced the identities of Zhu Shencone and others to a young man wearing clan clothes behind him.

This young man is Zhu Shenye, the grandson of Zhu Minfan, although he is only a few years younger than Zhu Shencone, but according to the genealogy, he is Zhu Shencone's great-nephew.

Although Zhu Shencone's title is not high, but the seniority is not low, seeing Zhu Shencone, Zhu Shenye hurriedly stepped forward to greet and salute, Zhu Shencone did not hold it up, and returned the salute according to etiquette, and the two sides said two words at the door, and then they were invited into the house.

After entering the house, I first went to see the auxiliary general Zhu Minfan, today's Zhu Minfan is also wearing a regular clothes, but his regular clothes are different from Zhu Shencong, the regular clothes are red woven golden tigers and leopards, the crown is five beams, and the gold is used to wear flowers, which is the clothing of the middle and upper clans, and it is even more different when it reaches the level of the county king.

Fengguo General Zhu Minfan is nearly fifty years old, and he can be Zhu Shencone's father according to his age, but he is Zhu Shencone's nephew according to his generation.

Seeing Zhu Shencong, this chubby little old man was very polite, and called Zhu Shencone the sixth uncle, Zhu Shencone didn't take it big, first saluted according to the rules, and then exchanged a few words with him, everyone is basically like this in this kind of clan occasion, maintaining decency on the surface, what should it be like on weekdays, except for the blood of the surname Zhu, it can be said that there is basically no difference between outsiders.

Zhu Shencone walked down the process like an ordinary sect, and then was taken aside by the servants of the General's Mansion and sat down.

Today's seats are arranged according to the rules of the clan, and the level of seats is nothing more than the title and seniority.

The clan is different from ordinary clans, the title is in the front, and the generation is in the back, so Zhu Shencong, the clan with a larger rank in the same clan, is not in the front or back because the title is not high, and the position is neither front nor back, so he arranged a medium seat.

Sit down and look at the busy people in the mansion, there are hundreds of people from the general's mansion today, and this is still not all there.

Sitting in his seat, Zhu Shencone drank tea by himself.

In fact, there are not a few clans that are similar to him, and most of the days in the sect that came today are not good, don't look at everyone wearing regular clothes, all of them look bright, but in fact, there are more people at home who have eaten the last meal and have not eaten the next meal.

Zhu Shencone is at the same table as a thirties clan, this person Zhu Shencone not only knows him and is close to his room, this person is called Zhu Mintong, the title is one level higher than Zhu Shencone, he is the lieutenant of Zhenguo, but in terms of seniority, he is Zhu Shencone's nephew.

He came a little later than Zhu Shencone, and Zhu Shencone had already been sitting for a while when he took his seat. Seeing Zhu Shenchong, Zhu Minqi politely shouted to the sixth uncle, Zhu Shenchong hurriedly beckoned him to take a seat, and as soon as his butt sat down, Zhu Minqi's eyes involuntarily looked at the snacks on the table, and he couldn't move for a while.

"There aren't many people now, so if you want to take it, hurry up." Seeing him like this, Zhu Shencone suddenly understood in his heart, he turned to Zhu Minqi slightly, and whispered to him.

Zhu Min was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, first cast a grateful look at Zhu Shencheng, and then looked left and right, seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he raised his sleeves and flicked it on the table, and in a blink of an eye, it was like a trick, and the snacks that were still on the fruit plate were all gone.

Subsequently, Zhu Minqi took the opportunity to tidy up his robe and hide the snacks stuffed in the cuffs, and he was relieved after finishing this, pretending to take a sip of tea.

Looking at his small actions, Zhu Shencone was secretly amused, and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel sad.

The life of the clan is not easy, especially these low-level clansmen, not to mention Zhu Minqi's actions, even if Zhu Shencone has done such a thing before.

After the death of his father and brother, Zhu Shencone took up the burden of the family alone, and if they wanted to face at that time, their family would have starved to death. Even if Zhu Shencone is smuggling salt with Wangjia Village now, and he has a good income enough to support his family by relying on this business, but on weekdays, Zhu Shencone will still do something similar, after all, everyone knows that the life of the clan is not good, if everyone is not happy, but your family is having a good life, it will attract suspicion.

This is also the reason why Zhu Shencone is obviously able to make money now, but he still only gives the Zhang family a small amount of money and silver intermittently, and from time to time he will go to the prefect's yamen to ask for money, and even two baked cakes have to be taken home.

"But I haven't seen Uncle Sixth for a few days, how are you lately?" Taking a sip of tea, Zhu Minqi asked.

"It's so-so, the court's Yulu always can't come down, and this day is not as good as day by day, thanks to the three people in my family, I can barely get by. It's you, I'm afraid that life at home will not be easy, right? ”

Zhu Minqi sighed and shook his head. His life is just not easy, almost to the point of exhaustion.

Compared with Zhu Shenzhu's family, Zhu Minqi is a big family.

The old lady, wife, children, plus himself, Zhu Minqi's family has seven people, and the youngest son is only three years old, and the oldest is only twelve years old.

According to the rules of the current clan, only at the age of fifteen can he be eligible to enjoy the treatment of the clan, so that a few children plus himself, his wife, and his wife, only Zhu Minqi is the only one in the family who is qualified to take the money.

Forget it, the key problem is that the clan's money has not only been deducted over the years, but also often cannot be issued. The money that can be obtained all year round can't support the family at all, if it weren't for Zhu Minqi relying on selling the things left by his ancestors all these years, the family would have starved to death, where can he still sit here?

Those dim sum just now are just ordinary pastries, but even such things have not been tasted for a long time for Zhu Minqi's family.

Quietly hidden, it was not that Zhu Minqi was greedy, it was mainly for the sake of a few children in his own family, it was pitiful to say, dignified and clannish, several children couldn't eat enough rice in Dalian since they were young, let alone these snacks.

As he was talking, two more sects came in front of him, and they were also from Zhu Shen's table.

One of them is also Zhu Shenfeng's nephew named Zhu Minfeng, who is slightly older than Zhu Minqi, and the other is Zhu Minfeng's nephew Zhu Qiuqi, who is also Zhu Shenchong's nephew.

Seeing Zhu Shencong, Zhu Minfeng and Zhu Qiuqi saluted first, one shouted the sixth uncle, the other called the uncle, and called Zhu Minqi the fifth brother and the fifth uncle, and sat down next to each other with a smile after saluting.

As soon as he sat down, Zhu Qiuqi's eyes swept over the empty plate, first stunned, then annoyed, scolded a mother in his mouth, raised his hand and called the steward of the general's mansion not far away, looked unhappy and pointed to the disc and asked why there was no dim sum in it, where did this dim sum go? Today, they finally came over to worship their ancestors, and the dignified general's mansion entertained them like this?